Pillar Provincial Park
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Pillar Provincial Park
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 The eponymous rock pillar with Pillar Lake in the background |
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| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| surface | 2 ha | |
| WDPA ID | 555516313 | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 35 ' N , 119 ° 38' W | |
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| Sea level | from 900 m to 960 m | |
| Setup date | May 17, 2004 | |
| administration | BC parks | |
The Pillar Provincial Park is a little more than 2 ha small provincial park in Canada's British Columbia . The park is 11 kilometers west of Falkland in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District , bordering the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District .
The eponymous pillar is a hoodoo- like rock pillar around 20 meters high.
investment
The park is located above Pillar Lake on the connecting road from Falkland to Chase . An approximately 250 meter long hiking trail leads from the road to the rock pillar.
The park is a category III protected area ( natural monument ).
history
As with almost all provincial parks in British Columbia, this one too was the habitat of various First Nations peoples , mainly the Secwepemc , long before the area was settled by European immigrants or before it became part of a park .
The park, along with a number of other parks, was founded on May 17, 2004 and is one of the smallest of the Provincial Parks in British Columbia .
Web links
- Pillar Provincial Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Pillar Provincial Park The park's English-language website at BC Parks